- Addiction and recovery
- Grief and loss
- Anxiety and depression
About John
John Vangerov is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 25 years of experience in California. He helps people facing addiction, grief, anxiety, and depression. His style is straightforward and encouraging, focused on helping people take practical steps toward better days.
John aims to make sessions a place where people can speak openly without judgment. He listens for patterns that keep problems stuck and works with each person to find realistic changes they can try between meetings. He emphasizes collaborative problem solving rather than lecturing.
Clients come for many reasons, including relationship strain, difficulty coping with life changes, stress, and self-esteem struggles. He also addresses intimacy issues, communication problems, caregiver stress, and challenges tied to substance use. John draws on his long experience to adapt his approach to each person’s situation.
His work often includes helping people process loss and grief, sort through complicated family dynamics, and rebuild daily routines after setbacks. He supports people dealing with attachment and abandonment concerns and with co-occurring mental health and substance use issues. John encourages small, manageable goals that add up to real change over time.
John practices in California as an LMFT, which stands for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. He offers sessions in English and asks people to use the Start Therapy button to complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling.
John aims to make sessions a place where people can speak openly without judgment. He listens for patterns that keep problems stuck and works with each person to find realistic changes they can try between meetings. He emphasizes collaborative problem solving rather than lecturing.
Clients come for many reasons, including relationship strain, difficulty coping with life changes, stress, and self-esteem struggles. He also addresses intimacy issues, communication problems, caregiver stress, and challenges tied to substance use. John draws on his long experience to adapt his approach to each person’s situation.
His work often includes helping people process loss and grief, sort through complicated family dynamics, and rebuild daily routines after setbacks. He supports people dealing with attachment and abandonment concerns and with co-occurring mental health and substance use issues. John encourages small, manageable goals that add up to real change over time.
John practices in California as an LMFT, which stands for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. He offers sessions in English and asks people to use the Start Therapy button to complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling.
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